About CVEDC

Champlain Valley Educator Development Center (CVEDC)

is Vermont’s largest educational service agency (ESA), with professional learning opportunities reaching educators throughout Vermont. For 15+ years, our non-profit mission has been to improve schools through quality professional learning. Our current and primary focus is Supporting our Members Implementing Effective Instruction in a Proficiency-Based, Personalized Learning Environment. You will see featured events on this home page, however take a look at all of our events using the drop-down menu above for Course and Workshop Events to find a series, workshop or course that fits your needs. We bring the best experts in the country to Vermont to support our educational initiatives, as well as local experts, to maintain ongoing collaborative learning through in -person, hybrid and online learning environments.

Champlain Valley Educator Development Center (CVEDC) members are from Northwestern and Western Vermont (Addison, Chittenden, Franklin, Grand Isle and part of Washington Counties). CVEDC consists of 17 supervisory unions, and provides educational services to over 35,000 students, or almost 40% of the total PreK-12 student population of Vermont. Educators from around the state of Vermont come to our events and courses with very positive experiences.

Our Mission

CVEDC’s mission is school improvement through quality professional learning. The goals of the organization are:

to research, identify and implement best practices that result in enhanced learning, development and student performance

to create a strong network of professionals who can work collaboratively across school districts to support young people and their families;

to build capacity of The Center by nurturing the growth and development of local practitioners who can provide high quality professional development for the region;

to provide leadership and support to school districts as they develop and sustain their own professional development systems;

to provide support and development for regional leaders, both administrators and teachers and build leadership capacity;

and to secure financial and human resources necessary to sustain and advance the mission of the Center.

CVEDC Board of Directors

Caitlin Steele, ACSD

Sheila Soule, ANWSD

Stephanie Phillips, BSD

Christian Courtemanche, CESU

Jeff Evans, CVSD

Gwen Carmolli, CSD Treasurer

Beth Cobb, EWSD

Shannon Warden, MRUSD

Beth O’Brien, FNESU

Kosha Patel, FNWSU

Linda Keating, FWSU President

Megan Grube, GISU

Catrina DiNapoli, MAUSD Secretary

Tammy Boone, MTSD

Michael Martin, SBSD

Kirsten Kollgaard, WSD

Lauren Wooden, CVEDC Executive Director

Members at Large

Erin Maguire, Special Education Director

Courageous Conversation Training starts Fall 2019

Math for Struggling Learners

Math for Struggling Learners This year, the course will be co-taught by Megan Grube and Erin Oliver. It runs June 24-27 at CVEDC and includes mathematical explorations, techniques for investigating student thinking, ways to build learner independence, and approaches for making instructional decisions to implement interventions.The emphasis is to first gain a deep understanding of how a struggling student understands key concepts, and then to build an intervention to address her thinking.

Using a Literacy Workshop Model – One Day Workshop

The workshop model of instruction provides a comprehensive structure that best supports learning according to the findings of cognitive science. The workshop model is an inclusionary approach, using a framework in which teachers can share focus lessons as well as provide guided, targeted instruction for small groups of students while other students build skills through purposeful, independent practice.